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STEM
to the Future

Our mission is to inspire, motivate and support Black and brown elementary and middle school youth as they create the futures they want and deserve.
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Who are we?

Using STEAM, we support Black and Latinx youth as they develop solutions to real world problems such as climate change, public safety, and poverty.

Youth develop creativity, problem solving, and collaboration skills as they see how a variety of STEAM pathways can be used to create the future they deserve.

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Our Approach

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Why STEAM?

Black and Latinx voices must be amplified in problem solving.

The “grand challenges” of our time—providing clean water, controlling carbon emissions, designing new medicines, and securing cyberspace—all require STEM-based solutions and disproportionately impact Black and Latinx communities.

Hands-on science gets neglected in high-poverty elementary schools.

Students in these schools are much less likely than their peers in wealthier schools to experience hands-on activities in science. More than half miss out on these critical opportunities to build early interest and mastery.

Teachers in high-poverty schools are largely underfunded.

Only 44 percent of fourth-graders in the highest-poverty schools, compared with 61 percent of their peers in the lowest-poverty schools, have teachers who report having “all” or “most” of the resources they need to teach STEM.


Testimonials

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“I’ve noticed some great things STTF does with my students. I’ve seen students come out of their shells and really want to participate with the STEM activities. It helps their personality, their imagination, helps them broaden their horizon, and helps them do things they wouldn’t normally do. I’ve really enjoyed working with STEM to the Future.”

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“STEM to the Future has had a huge impact on our school community. Students are engaged during each session. They have a wonderful time collaborating, they develop problem solving skills and most importantly they utilize their creativity. Students are looking at their community and using STEAM to impact the Future. Students are empowered to understand they can make a difference. That’s done with great instructors and project-based learning.”